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Festival Highlights
Festival Highlights
Opening Night
Gloria!
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Written and directed by dynamic Italian actress and singer Margherita Vicario, GLORIA! depicts the ebullient, music-fuelled story of an overlooked maid at a Venetian refuge whose hidden talent helps inspire an uprising.
Australian Premiere
Centrepiece
Parthenope
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The new film from Academy Award-winner Paolo Sorrentino PARTHENOPE is a visually and aurally stunning, decades-spanning romantic drama about a Neapolitan woman named after the mythical siren who once lent her name to the city of Naples.
Australian Premiere
Special Presentation
There's Still Tomorrow
C'è ancora domani
Directed by and starring Paola Cortellesi, this multi-award-winning drama and the highest grossing film of 2023 in Italy follows the daily life of a woman and her family in 1940s postwar Rome who defies tradition.
Special Presentation
Marcello Mio
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Led by real-life mother-daughter duo Chiara Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve, this playful comedy is a joyous imagining of the lives of a creative family, centring on the legacy of the great Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni.
Prosecco Preview
Comandante
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The formidable Pierfrancesco Favino delivers a powerhouse performance in gripping maritime thriller COMANDANTE, which opened the 2023 Venice Film Festival.
Australian Premiere
Special Event
Trust
Confidenza
Daniele Luchetti’s award-winning psychological thriller, scored by Thom Yorke of Radiohead, follows a stormy love affair and a web of secrets, featuring an all-star cast including Elio Germano, Federica Rosellini and Vittoria Puccini.
Australian Premiere
Closing Night
Conclave
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Oscar nominees Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci lead a brilliant ensemble cast in ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT director Edward Berger’s stunning adaption of Robert Harris’ high-stakes drama, in which Cardinals gather at the Vatican to elect a new Pope.
Australian Premiere
New Italian Cinema
New Italian Cinema
A Dark Story
Una storia nera
Blending elements of film noir, legal drama and investigative mystery, this thriller sees a separated family reunite for a child’s birthday but secrets come to light when the father disappears, and an investigation commences.
Australian Premiere
A World Apart
Un mondo a parte
A box office smash hit in Italy, this hilarious comedy set in a remote village at the heart of Abruzzo National Park follows a teacher who relocates to a tiny school and faces amusing challenges in his quest to adapt to small-town life.
Australian Premiere
An Ode to Naples
Posso entrare? An Ode to Naples
From Trudie Styler, this fascinating documentary is a journey into the soul of the city of Naples, that tells the story of the city and its people, its music and the challenges it faces.
Australian Premiere
Bad Conscience
Cattiva coscienza
A playful and fantastical romantic comedy about the divide between passion and reason, in which a man’s conscience must descend to Earth to bring him to his senses, starring Beatrice Grannò.
Australian Premiere
Caracas
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Starring Marco D’Amore and Toni Servillo, this nocturnal drama and enthralling portrait of Naples follows a Neapolitan writer who returns to his hometown after a long absence and finds himself drawn into the city’s dark underbelly.
Australian Premiere
Prosecco Preview
Comandante
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The formidable Pierfrancesco Favino delivers a powerhouse performance in gripping maritime thriller COMANDANTE, which opened the 2023 Venice Film Festival.
Australian Premiere
Family Matters
Sei Fratelli
Featuring an all-star cast led by Riccardo Scamarcio, this ensemble drama, deftly directed with comedic touches, explores the relationships in an extended and dysfunctional family who are all gathering for the first time.
Australian Premiere
Opening Night
Gloria!
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Written and directed by dynamic Italian actress and singer Margherita Vicario, GLORIA! depicts the ebullient, music-fuelled story of an overlooked maid at a Venetian refuge whose hidden talent helps inspire an uprising.
Australian Premiere
Gospel According to Mary
Vangelo secondo Maria
A fascinating tale of love, destiny, duty, and rebellion, starring Benedetta Porcaroli and Alessandro Gassmann as the biblical couple Mary and Joseph, exploring their competing desires for knowledge and freedom in ancient Nazareth.
Australian Premiere
In the Mirror
Mi fanno male i capelli
Alba Rohrwacher delivers a transformative performance in this compelling new drama and elegant homage to Monica Vitti about the power of dreams, set to music by Japanese composer Shigeru Umebayashi.
Australian Premiere
Life's a Beach
Come può uno scoglio
Starring comedy duo Pio and Amedeo, this fun new comedy directed by Gennaro Nunziante is a laugh-out-loud adventure through an Italy full of surprises.
Australian Premiere
Special Presentation
Marcello Mio
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Led by real-life mother-daughter duo Chiara Mastroianni and Catherine Deneuve, this playful comedy is a joyous imagining of the lives of a creative family, centring on the legacy of the great Italian actor Marcello Mastroianni.
Maria Montessori
La Nouvelle Femme
Jasmine Trinca stars as the revolutionary educator Maria Montessori in this enlightening drama that follows a Parisian courtesan who flees to Rome and meets the famed Italian physician and educator.
Australian Premiere
Mia
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In this gripping and emotionally charged drama, Edoardo Leo delivers a powerful performance as the protective father of fifteen-year-old Mia. When Mia crosses paths with the enigmatic older boy, Marco, her world is forever altered. Secrets, passion, and unexpected twists unfold in this unmissable new film.
Australian Premiere
Centrepiece
Parthenope
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The new film from Academy Award-winner Paolo Sorrentino PARTHENOPE is a visually and aurally stunning, decades-spanning romantic drama about a Neapolitan woman named after the mythical siren who once lent her name to the city of Naples.
Australian Premiere
The Beautiful Summer
La bella estate
Written and directed by Laura Luchetti and inspired by Cesare Pavese’s novel, this lyrical coming-of-age story captures the intricacies of friendship and love as it follows a young seamstress in the artistic world in 1938 Turin.
Australian Premiere
The War of the Nonni
La guerra dei nonni
When Nonno Tom returns from abroad, a series of hilarious challenges ensue as he and Nonno Gerri compete for the affections of their grandchildren in this fun family comedy starring Vincenzo Salemme and Max Tortora.
Australian Premiere
Special Presentation
There's Still Tomorrow
C'è ancora domani
Directed by and starring Paola Cortellesi, this multi-award-winning drama and the highest grossing film of 2023 in Italy follows the daily life of a woman and her family in 1940s postwar Rome who defies tradition.
Special Event
Trust
Confidenza
Daniele Luchetti’s award-winning psychological thriller, scored by Thom Yorke of Radiohead, follows a stormy love affair and a web of secrets, featuring an all-star cast including Elio Germano, Federica Rosellini and Vittoria Puccini.
Australian Premiere
Volare
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From acclaimed actress Margherita Buy in her directorial debut, VOLARE is an entertaining ensemble comedy that follows an actress with a severe phobia of flying who decides to take the plunge and join a course to face her fears.
Australian Premiere
We Were Children
Eravamo bambini
Set in a town on the Calabrian coast, neo-noir drama WE WERE CHILDREN is a captivating combination of revenge thriller and coming-of-age tale of lost innocence, featuring a stellar ensemble cast.
Australian Premiere
Closing Night
Conclave
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Oscar nominees Ralph Fiennes and Stanley Tucci lead a brilliant ensemble cast in ALL QUIET ON THE WESTERN FRONT director Edward Berger’s stunning adaption of Robert Harris’ high-stakes drama, in which Cardinals gather at the Vatican to elect a new Pope.
Australian Premiere
Anniversary Screenings
Anniversary Screenings
Bread and Tulips
Pane e Tulipani
The film that opened the very first Italian Film Festival returns! Released in the year 2000, BREAD AND TULIPS tells the heartwarming story of Rosalba, a neglected housewife who starts a new life in Venice and finds romance and self-discovery in the city’s charming backdrop.
The Godfather Part II
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Celebrating the 50th anniversary of this iconic work, Francis Ford Coppola’s Academy Award-winning THE GODFATHER PART II continues the Corleone family's saga, exploring Michael Corleone’s consolidation of power and moral struggles, alongside Vito Corleone’s rise from immigrant to crime lord.
Documentaries
Documentaries
An Ode to Naples
Posso entrare? An Ode to Naples
From Trudie Styler, this fascinating documentary is a journey into the soul of the city of Naples, that tells the story of the city and its people, its music and the challenges it faces.
Australian Premiere